A NEW BRACONID FROM SOUTH AMERICA. In Cam-

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prothorax,

which

^isposteriorly limited

by

the anterior coxae.

Beak

medi- anly

and

laterallycarinate to a cross

between

the bases ofthe antennal scapes. Scrobes deep

and narrow from

_{apex near tip of} beak almost to eyes, then sharply ^deflected

and

broader in front _{of eyes.} Scape stout, clavate. Funicle_7-jointed, the last joint apparently a part ^ofthe club.

Club

_4-jointed.

Head

atbaseof

beak

_{sinuatelyimpressed,} with_swellings above the _eyes. Prothorax very irregularly sculptured but with ^a deep

median

furrow

widened

_angularlyatmiddle

and

alsobehind. Strialpunc- tation deep but irregular. Intervals

tumid

behind. Legs ^{stout. Tarsi} withthird jointnot widelybilobed; tarsalclaws_simple. First

and

second abdominal segments long; third

and

fourth shorterthan fifth.

A NEW BRACONID FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

BY

S. A.

ROHWEE, ^Bureau

^ofEntomology.

Monogonogastra

wolcottii,

new

_species.

In

Szepligetti's

arrangement

^thisspecies^falls

next

to meridensis.

The

following description^will

show how

different it is.

In Cam-

eron's list of species ^{it falls}

next

to

Iphiaulax

^hector

Cameron, but

is at

once separated from that

_species

by the suture-formed

articulations

being

^{striate. It}

resembles Cameron's

_species,

how-

ever, ⁱⁿgeneral

habitus and

color.

Female.

Length

¹⁴

mm.,

length ^of the ovipositor 12

mm. Antennae

extending

back beyond

the apex^of the third _tergite;

head

shining, front depressed

between

theocelli

and

the antennae; ^astrong ^carina

from

the anterior ocellus to thebases ofthe antennae;^ocellisurrounded

by

^adeep furrow, posteriorly

bottom

ofthefurrowis granular; postocellar^{line dis-} tinctly shorter than the ocellocular _line; thorax shining, the scutellum raised_slightlyabove thelevel ofthe scutum;^firsttergitewiththe

embossed

areabroadeningapically into a

rounded

spade-like areathe apex^of

which

is obtusely rounded;

embossed

area of the second _{tergite tiangular,} not reaching apex, defined _laterally

by

shallow, broad, foveolate furrows;

suture-formed articulations foveolate; tergites shining, polished; apical sternite extending

more

than the width of the femora

beyond

the apex of the

abdomen.

Rufo-ferruginous;

head

except thepalpi, antennae

and

sheath of the _ovipositor black; posterior ^tarsi dusky; wings yellowish hyalinebasadofthe basal vein,

beyond

dark brown, a transverse yellow

band

beneath the stigma; venation dark brown; stigma bright yellow.

Golden

_Fleece,

Demerara, South America. Described from one female

collected

March

_{13, 1913,}

_by G. E. Bodkin and G. N.

Wolcott.

Named

for

G. N. Wolcott.

Type: Cat. No. 16020 U.

S.

N. M.

Actual

date _ofissue October _2, 1913.

PROC.EXT. SOC. WASH., VOL. XV. PLATE V.

ABOVE.

SECTION- OF

POTATO FROM PERU, SHOWING LARVAE

OF Rlngop- sidiuslucutiHi/tiixIN ITS

BURROW.

BELOW.

SEorio\i.;n

POTATO SHOWING BURROWINGS

OFRhigopsidius.